The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 4, no. 1, Special Edition: Value(s) Added: Sharing Voices on Aboriginal CED, Fall, 2004, pp. 22-30
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First Nations management consultant talks about Aboriginal organizations and management. He provides insights into the daily issues and challenges they face.
A meeting of representatives from communities in northern Alberta, lying between the Peace and Athabasca Rivers.Discussion of their claims to mineral rights and to compensation for damage to environment by drilling crews, damage to trap lines, and removal of timber.
Jim Carriere is a resident of Cumberland House and worked for Jim Brady when the latter was a field officer for the CCF government. Carriere discusses Jim Brady's strengths and weaknesses, Brady's life in Cumberland House, speculates about Brady's death and his links with the Communist Party. He also talks about returning World War II veterans and their impact on the communities.
Mr. Izbister discusses life in La Ronge before and after the road came as well as the early meetings of the Metis Association and problems in the north resulting from welfare payments.
John Cook gives his impressions of Jim Brady and Malcolm Norris. He talks about the effects of welfare on the northern way of life and the government programs in the north.
John H. Brockelbank was minister in the Dept. of Natural Resources from 1948-56 in the Saskatchewan NDP government. This interview reviews his years in office in relation to the development of the north, development of marketing agencies and cooperatives as well as his impressions of Malcolm Norris.
Mr. Phelps was the Minister of Natural Resources in the Saskatchewan CCF government from 1944 to 1948. He speaks of attempts to replace welfare in the north with programs for fish and fur marketing.
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 28, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Empowerment Through Literature, Winter-Spring, 2004, pp. 258-282
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Author provides a personal account of the Commemorative Walk that was held in memory of the Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota peoples that were removed from their traditional territories and marched to a Fort Snelling concentration camp.
Ken Collier knew Malcolm Norris and Jim Brady during the 1960s. He describes his time spent talking with both men and contrasts them in character and politics.
Lawrence Cook knew Jim Brady in 1949/50. He talks about the CCF government policies and how the people reacted to them, the Legion, and the various Co-op efforts that were tried in Cumberland. He is the only informant to talk about efforts by Brady to organize a Metis Association in Cumberland in 1949.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 3, Fall, 2004, pp. 83-88
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Reviews the Lakota Oyate author's book, which presents life stories by her mother Lone Woman (Wiya Isnala) and grandmother Turtle Lung Woman (Kheglezela Chaguwi).
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 83.
Mr. Laliberte was involved in the early establishment of the Metis Association of Saskatchewan and talks about conditions in the north and how the Metis Association has improved them.
Three elders from Goodfish Lake Reserve talk about problems of defining accurate boundaries, their rights to a timber berth, and hay meadows which they believe are part of their reserve.
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 28, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Empowerment Through Literature, Winter-Spring, 2004, pp. 335-339
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The author discusses the role that humour plays in recovering from loss and from tragedy; considers their own participation in the Dakota Commemorative March in the context of their own healing.
Murdoch Charles is a trapper and prospector from Stanley Mission. He tells a few details of the mining operation at Nistowiak Falls and from his experience in the bush, discusses Brady's disappearance and what a bushman would do if he was lost.